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FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1922
Entered at the Postoffice at Hamilton.
Ohio, as Second Class Mail Matter
Issued Weekly at 326 Market
Hamilton, Ohio.
Telephone 1296
Endorsed by the Trade* and Labor
Conncil of Hamilton, Ohio.
Endorsed by the Middletown Trade*
and Labor Council of Middletown. O
TRIBUTE TO LABOR
President Harding receives $75,000
per annum as the head of a nation
of more than 100,000,000, people and
president of the Pennsylvania rail
road is paid $65,460 per annum, said
Congressman Parks, of Arkansas.
"Looking back across the years of
the beginning of the life of organized
labor and the day of starvation wages
what do we find?" he asked.
"Without organized labor, without
their battle for a just and fair wage
and reasonable hours jf work, what
would have been the conditions of labor
today
"It was only at the command of the
congress of the United States that the
railroads equipped their trains with
safety appliances for the protection
of the lives and limbs of those who
drive the locomotive, set the brakes
or direct the train. I recall that
again and again these men, seeking
to earn their bread in the sweat of
their faces—men who were free and
not slaves—found it necessary to ap
peal to the lawmakers, and the gov
ernment once more stepped in and
said that a man should not be re
quired to work more than sixteen
hours a day and then, when the day
of fast trains, with the increased
hours incident thereto came, and with
the terrible responsibilities of life and
property in the hands of the employes
they again found it necessary to ap
peal to the government to say what
should be a day's work.
"From the day the first piece of
steel was laid until this hour, the
roads have demanded from the labor
ers all that physical endurance would
permit they have taken from the pub
lie every ounce of flesh they were
able to extract they have never yield
ed until they had fought every inch
of the way and exhausted every rem
edy known to law they have demand
ed of communities rights of way, sta
tion sites and bonuses they have re
ceived from the hands of the gov
ernment enormous tracts of land to
induce them to extend their lines, un
til today their properties are worth
$20,000,000,000.00.
MYet,
while you and I and the world
are sleeping after a day's work, these
railroad employes, who are severely
censured when they stand1 up for what
they deem to be their rights, and even
threaten to strike, must,go out imo
the night and into the storm and rain,
doing their part to keep the wheels
of trade moving and to silence the
howl of the wolf at the door. Shall
we condemn the man for using the
only weapon for his defense that he
has?"
WH
to
IS MINORITY TO RULE?
Assistant County Prosecutor John
D. Andrews has the legislation all pre
pared for the selling of the bonds
and advertising for bids for the
bridge near Coke Otto, and was pre
pared to submit the same to the
county commissioners on last Satur
day. But it seems that a committee
of farmers and a few people from
Middletown appeared before the com
missioners and asked the commission'
ers to set a time when those they rep
resent might appear before the com
missioners and submit a protest
against building the bridge. The
county commissioners set Friday of
this week as the time when they
would hear the protest.
This means another week of delay
It seems there are a few people in
Butler county (mostly from Middle
town) who are determined to do
everything they can to hold up this
improvement as long as they can
and stop it altogether if they can
and it looks very much as though a
majority of the county commissioners
are ready to acquiesce in any move
ment to further its hindrance.
What if a few hundred people do
protest against the bridge, or even a
few thousand, why should the county
commissioners continue to dilly-dally
with it when the great majority of the
county's voters cast their vote for it?
At the election held last November
a year ago, 14,692 citizens of Butler
county voted $390,000 to build the
bridge and 13,004 voted against it,
a clear majority of 1,688. And this
vote ran right along with the vote
cast for the county officials elected
that year, including the county com
missioners, showing the keen interest
of the voters, in the project and that
they voted their sentiments.
Now is the will of these 14,692 in
the majority to be cast aside and
totally ignored because a few hun
dred (and we are making all allow
ances) people throughout the county
are making a loud noise against this
propose big improvement which will
benefit the whole county? Isn't the
big majority to have any voice in the
matter at all? Doesn't their vote
count Are they to be disfranchised
Has it come to this, that a small
minority is to rule the affairs of But
ler county?
With all the faults of the county
Your Foresight Should Command You to Buy Fine
Suits and Overcoats
Now at Old-Time Prices {hiring Our
Special Purchase Sale
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To make this the greatest sale we've ever held we have included our entire
regular stock of Fashion Park and Kuppenheimer finest Suits and Over-,
coats. This sale is making clothing history in Hamilton.
Nothing Reserved—All Blues and Blacks Included
MAX E EPH-MTH
«,XCL.1US1VE CLOTK-j JK1R
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FOR
amilton otel. ldo
OPPOSITE JEFFERSON THEATRE
commissioners, and which we have
pointed out in the past, we can't be
lieve that they are so narrow-minded
as to forget their bounden duty, the
oath they took when taking their of'
fice to serve ALL the people and
the promises they made when solicit
ing votes for their candidacy that
with them the will of the mjority
should ever prevail if they were elect-
N
ed.
Just think what this improvement is
going to mean to the county as a
whole. It means the opening up and
the development of the northern end
of the county, and no part of the coun
ty is going to be more benefited by
this development than is Middletown.
It means, too, the chances of a new
gas supply for both Middletown and
Hamilton, and goodness knows it be
gins to look as though we are going
to need it shortly as the natural gas
supply seems to be runing low
Another thing, the increased valua
tion on the land and property to be
developed by reason of the opening up
of North Third street and the new
bridge will in taxes-alone more than
make up for the original expenditure
for the improvement.
All in all, it is to be a big thing for
the whole county, and should be no
longer delayed. Let us have more
action and leas stalling.
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ANOTHER "FINAL" HEARING
Another "final" heai'ing on the se
lection of a route for a deep water
way from the Ohio river to the Great
es was held by the United States
engineers in Cincinnati this week
W. B. Mayo, Hamilton man and chief
engineer for the Ford Motor Co.
Albert Krell, president of the Inland
Waterways Association George Ver
ity, of Middletowrf Rev. B.
Welty, of Lima, and who is known as
"th^ father of the project," and oth
ers appeared before Uncle Sam's en
gineers and presented arguments
showing why Miami and Erie canal
route would be best to adopt for the
purpose. Here is hoping the boosters
will be successful in putting it over
but the Press would advise against
holding one's breath until they do, as
the time for holding the next "final"
hearing has not as yet been fixed.
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DREAM ON
With the proposed million dollar
building program of the Miami Uni
versity at Oxford soon to be begun
the new electric light plant, the ex
tension of North Third street, and
new bridge near Coke Otto, the ru
mored three million dollar steel plant
at Coke Otto and other proposed
building improvements, all in sight
the building trades and men seeking
outdoor employment should worry
about the coming of spring. Tis
wonderful dream—if only Middletown
would "Please go 'way and let ys
sleep."
pi n
With the big wet and dry fight
looming up the congressional candi
dates are certainly going to be in hot
stew. The wets have learned some
thing from the drys in conducting
campaigns. It- is going to be a case
of "are you for or against," wet or
dry, when the candidates step forth
and in some districts where "she's
close there will be some scratching
behind the ears caused.
These Values
Take You Back
To 1914
Ml wool suits and over- H« fi
coats, $25, $27.50 and $30 1
values
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1HE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS
PROHIBITION SURE A JOKE
Prohibition enforcement officers arel
seeking some way to prohibit vaudc
ille audiences laughing at jokes about I
the non-enforcement of the dry laws I
the funniest things on the statute
books today.
Time was when Uncle Sam's lawsl
were taken seriously—when the|
The enforcement of the prohibition
law is a joke—because no one believes
it is being enforced. How many men
good, upstanding citizens whose
word you would take any time as
quickly as you would their bond—do
you know who have committeed the
heinous crime of buying illicit liquor?
THE GARBAGE CAN THIEF
Been borrowing your neighbors'!
garbage can lately or slipping it to
him along the midnight hour? Be
careful lest the "bogey" man, in the
person of Service Director Mason,I
"ketch" you. Not that Director Mason
cares if you fill the other fellow's can
to overflowing, not a Jbit but the
other fellow is kicking, and a bjg
part of the service director's job is to
satisfy the kicker. But all jokes
aside, the Press is willing to wager|
all it has (which isn't much) $at the
complaints of people slipping their|
garbage into other fellow's can are
coming mostly from neighborhoods
where the people can best afford tol
pay for the removal of their garbage
and that the sneaking little tricks are
being played by those same fellows
who are always condemning "thosel
dog-goned rascals in the court house]
and the city hall." Any takers?
THE NEW CAR SERVICE
Well, it looks very much right now
like the new street cars are to be a
sure go. The contract for tjhe new|
cars has been let, the car manufact
uring company's representatives
promises delivery in three weeks, but
Receiver George P. Sohngen gives
him six weeks, so that it is reasonable
to suppose that we will have new cars
by March 1st sure. But already
there is a howl of dissatisfaction and
disapproval being heard from some
of the riding public, and with some
justification at that. It had been sup
posed all along that ALL the people
were to benefit from a better car
service when the new cars are in-|
stalled. Now comes Mr. Ackerman,
general manager of the street car
company, in a talk before the Cham
ber of Commerce forum dinner at the
Y. M. C. A. last Tuesday noon, in
which he said the car lines would be
rerouted in such a way that the North
street cars will alternate their trip
up Third street and out High, which
means that East High street and
Third street will still continue a 15
minute service. It has long been the
dream of the riders on both these
lines for an eight or ten-minute ser
vice and to say that they are very
much disappointed and displeased at
the thought that they are to receive
no relief under the new deal is staging
it mildly. Receiver Sohngen and
Manager Ackerman ask for some pro
tection from the jitney bus lines, that
Economy Shoe Store MadTSHOES, 215 Court,St. ^ton-s'pr'uuslo"
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thought that the secret service was on| cially when there is a jitney shooting
the trail was merely the preliminary
to the deed of punishment.
How many of your neighbors—
kindly, matronly ladies and elderly,
honest citizens who love their homes
and their firesides and their carpet
slippers—do you know who have a| Washington.—While employers in
dozen bottles of home brew yeuting
The well-to-do man gets as much1
hard liquor as he ever got—more,
probably. It is not as of good
quality ,it makes him want to fight
more quickly than the old-fashioned
kind, and it costs him a good de^l
more. Also, he can't buy it quite as
openly as once upon a time. But out-|
side of these differences there is no
change.
Some bootleggers have gone to jail.
A good many more have paid fines.
But how many reputable citizens can
you recall having been fined? And
how many imprisoned A very small
percentage—an infinitesimal portion
of' the number of those who have|
broken the laws.
Why, then, shouldn't these folks)
laugh when they hear a prohibition
joke cracked on the stage?
Prohibition—if it wasn't making
nai of law violators—would be|
funny.
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they be regulated so that they don'tI Neat patterns, of ex- (j*4 QO
parallel the street car lines, but from I cellent fabrics
parallel the street car lines, but from I
the rumbling that is heard in the east
pf* "..
and north ends of the city tne Press
doesn't believe it to be a wise policy
(that is, politically) on the part of
the city officials to interfere with the
jitneys so long as there i^ to be only
15-minute car service on North
Third and East High streets. Fifteen
minutes is a long time to wait for 'a
car and the riders won't do it, espe-
by about every four minutes. It is
to be hoped, however, that the re
ceiver and manager will be able to
figure out some way so that Third
street and High street riders will
also receive the benefit of the better
car service.
UTTER FA?!®'
Is Forced Arbitration Prov
ing: to be in Australia
this
D?
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urBinf
industrial
I courts to stop strikes and set wages,
in their ce ar? I Australian organized', workers are
Now, we don't, pretend to defend I fighting this system, according to
these people. In the eyes of the lawl trade union publications from that
they are criminals. But they are notl country received at A. F. of L. head
being punished. I Quartt'rs.
i I The opposition
lias become so
lllllllillllllllllillllllllillllllllllll!!!
Broad Ribbed
Stockings
Very popular with the
"misses." Sizes to 10.
Black and 7Q*»
cordovan I
rly every dress one can think of
rill be found in this group. Scores
if tlirtVrt'iil styles. A vast variety of
hiidos and a beautiful and interesting
umbinaiion of trimmings. Come early
11 i take advantage of these values.
1'ht-re is no better investment..^
I
I
f-Special Low Prices on
Colored Taffeta—
50 pieces. Bright new shades for spring. 36-in.
New stock, $2.00 value. £Q
Special for Saturday
Knit Crepe—
The season's most popular fabric,
mohawk, rust and black. 36-in.
$4.00 value. Special
Black Taffeta—
Special sale of this staple material.
$2.25 grade. 36-in. Heavy quality. ....
Very special at
Blankets
Cotton Blankets
size. A real
bargain
Single, full
Cotton Blankets
of high quality.
Special
strong that t'he federal and state gov
ernments are attempting to patch of
the decayed hulk and induce the work
ers to again take passage.
,At a recent conference, held in Mel
bourne, the federal and state pre
miei's proposed to establish a com
bined court of commonwealth and
state judges to determine the basic
wage, the number of hours to be
worked and to act as a court of ap
peal ft-om all other industrial trib
unals.*,
The Australian trade unionists do
not respond to the suggestion, and
the Australian Worker, published in
Sydney, I^evv South Wales, issue of
November 19, calls the scheme "more
horsehair and ermine.
"The state premiers and the com
monwealth prime minister," says this
paper, "jtnay tinker with arbitration
as they please. They may create
another court and appoint additional
judges at high salaries to fix low
wages for the worker.
"Labor looks on quite unconcern
ed. It has formed its own plans and
they are in no way connected with
horsehair interpretations of justice
"The fact of the matter is, the sys
tem of legal arbitration is founded
on a gross anomaly.
"Judges do not have to appear be
fore a tribunal of working men and
submit their household and personal
accounts to examination, and bring
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HIGH
"Before-Stock Taking Sale!"
We do not want to count merchandise—we would much rather take the easier route of counting dollars
sz and cents—so every effort is being made to turn our stocks into money. The effort is in the form o! z:
y— «'\ocfding!y low salt' prices—meaning, great savings for you.
Winter Coats
The lowest prices we have ever marked our winter coats arc now in force!
We have regrouped and repriced our entire stock of winter coats with
former selling prices up to $45.00 into three low priced groups at—
$
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A v a s v a i e y o
choose from, including
Bolivias, Duvet DeLaine,
Velours, Suedine, Gold-,
tone Cloth, Plushes
and many other cloths,
with collars of fur and
self material—
PRESSES formerly selling to $24.75
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You will like these hats of faille
silk, Rros de londre, straw and satin
combinations, cellophane, etc. Some
beautifully embroidered and intro
ducing so many new modus of trim
ming The new spring colors, too,
are well displayed in the complete
assortment of advance spring styles.
An occasion that
again
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Satin Canton—
40 in. Sells regularly at $4.25. All the very
newest colors for evening and street d»0 OQ
,vear. Very special for Saturday lit....
Brown, navy,
$2.95
98c
-Double 64x7G,
$1.89
Wool Mixed Blankets 70x80
Kulur
.79
along their wives to be inquisitorially
cross-questioned as to the quantity, ,,
and quality of the underclothing they ,/
wear, and how much butter and^ milk
and jam they give their children.**
P* P»
ACCIDENTS ARE COSTLf
Harrisburg, Fa.—In the six years
the state workmen's compensation
law has been in existence, $59,039,651.
have been expended by employers and
liability companies for compensation
insurance. Of this sum $32,183,790
has been paid, and the remainder is
yet to be distributed under the allot
ment plan.
During the six years 16,166 fatal
ities have been reported. The serious
injuries to workers total 410,193, and
the minor injuries, 709,701.
1Mb Pm
WILL PROBE FURNITURE
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OPPOSE COSSACKS
Frankfort, Ky.—Organized labor
has perfected plans to resist the es
tablishment of the cossack system in
this state. The unionists will also'
ask the legislature to repeal a sedition
law, which empowers any constable
to stop a meeting that he believes is
liable to "create discord" in the com
munity.
When he signed the law, Governor
Morrow acknowledged its unconstitu
tionality.
Cotton Crash
Toweling
Red bordered bleached
Our regular 10c QJL*»
seller, special.... 0«?C
4,-'19
Coats of up-to-the-miri
ute styles, comprising
all the wanted mater
ials, with collars of
Beaverette, S e a 1 e n e
French Coney, etc., or
with shawl collars of
self material, in all the
o s e a u i u y
lined—
EVERY DRESS MUST GO!
emphasizes
the supremacy of "The Store Ahead"
in Millinery. An extraordinary spe
cial at a remarkably low price.
Fancy Checks—
54-inch. Fancy worsted checks.
Six different patterns.
Saturday special
Plain tailored and elab
orately fur trimmed
coats of superior qual
ity and style in the best
colors and materials in
cluding Marvella, Pol
lyanna, Moussyne, Vel
dyne, Normandies, Silk,
Plush and Kitten's
Ear—
DRESSES formerly selling to $37.50]
It's an opportunity to dress expensive
ly at a small outlay of money. This
t.mip
S
practically comprises dresses de-
-iiruble for all occasions, including Silks,
i'ricotines, Tricolettes, Crepes, Satins,
etc. ^Beautifully trimmed Genuine bar
trains at this reduced price
A S
of Advance
Spring Styles
Spring Dress Materials-~s
Wool Serge—
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Our regular $1.25 wool serge.
Popular for one-piece dresses.
Special for Saturday at
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36-in. width.
Wool Jersey—
Will be very popular this sping. Regular $1.75
quality, in mohawk, brown, taupe, OQ
navy, rust and black, at
French Serge—
54-inch French Serge. $2.50 value.
cial for one day's selling
\i
89c
Very spe-
$1.89
Worth $3.ijU.
$2.69
Comforts
Comfort*
ing.
$2.98
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ukl =3:
f=
ts—Full sizes, cotton fill
g. Specially priced Ejjjj
t0
$5.00
5, WOO!
fill-
Comforts Full sizes, wool fill
ing, in various colorings.
72x78. $15.00
value
colorings.
$12.00 1
All Wool Blankets—65x80.
high standard grade at an
ceptionally low
price
$7.98 1
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